Peculiar Signs/symptoms-1

Asboe-Hansen sign: Bulla spread sign in pemphigus

Acro-osteolysis: Scleroderma

Apple jelly nodules in nasal septum: Lupus vulgaris

Arnold head: Cleidocarnial dysplasia

Ash-leaf spots: Tuberous sclerosis

Auspitz sign: Psoriasis

Bald tongue of Sandwith: Pellagra

Bird facies: Treacher-collins syndrome

Brazillian wild fire: Pemphigus foliaceus

Buffalo hump: Cushing’s syndrome

Bull neck: Diphtheria

Bull’s eye lesion: Steven-Johnson syndrome

Bull’s teeth: Taurodontism

Butterfly shaped lesion on malar bone: Sytemic lupus erythematous, Erysipelas

Button-hole sign: Neurofibromatosis

Café au lait spots – coast of California: Neurofibromatosis

Café au lait spots – coast of Maine: Fibrous dysplasia

Carpet tack lesions: Discoid lupus erythematosus

Cerebriform tongue: Pemphigus vegetans

Charcot’s triad: Seen in multiple sclerosis, characterized by intention tremor, nystagmus, dysarthria

Chipmunk facies: Thalassemia

Chovstek’s sign: Hypoparathyrodism

Circus rubber man: Ehler-Danlos syndrome

Claw hands: Scleroderma

Clover leaf skull deformity: Crouzon syndrome, Apert’s syndrome

Compy's sign:  Measles

Cobble stone appearance: Lymphangioma, Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia, Heck’s disease

Coup de saber: Facial hemiatrophy, Scleroderma

CREST: Scleroderma

Crowe’s sign: Neurofibromatosis

Cupids bow: Double lip

Dew drop on rose petal: Varicella

Erythema nodosum: Coccidiodiomycosis, sarcoidosis

Exercise bone: Traumatic myositis ossificans

Eyes upturned to heaven: Cherubism

Facies leprosa: Leprosy

Farmer’s skin: Solar elastosis

Fetal facies: Robinow syndrome

Fine pink colored glistening scales: Pityriasis rosea

Fish facies: Treacher-Collins syndrome

Forschemmier sign: Rubella

Fournier’s molars: congenital syphilis

Frog facies: Crouzon syndrome

Gorlin sign: Ehler -Danlos Syndrome

Grains of salt on a red background: Measles

Grattage sign: Psoriasis

Hamman’s crunch: Cervicofacial emphysema

Harelip: Cleft lip

Hebra nose: Rhinoscleroma

Herald spots: Pityriasis rosea

Higomenakis's sign: Congenital syphilis

Hockey stick deformity of femur: Fibrous dysplasia

Hunter’s glossitis: Pernicious anemia

Hutchinson's sign: Herpes zoster

Hutchinson's triad: Congenital syphilis with Hypoplasia of incisor (Pegged laterals, screw driver shaped central incisor and mulberry molars), Eighth nerve deafness and Interstitial keratitis.

Iris lesion: Steven-Johnson syndrome

Iris pearl’s: Leprosy

Koebner phenomenon: Desquamative gingivitis, Lichen planus, pemphigus, Epidermolysis bullosa dystropica

Koplik's spots: Measles

Leonine facies: Leprosy

Leontiasis ossea: Paget’s disease

Leser-Trelat's sign: Seborrheic keratosis, internal malignancy

Lisch nodules:  Neurofibromatosis

Livedo reticularis: Systemic lupus erythematosus

Lock jaw: Tentanus

Longitudinal lines in nails: Darrier’s disease

Luetic glossitis: Syphilis

Lupus pernio: Sarcoidosis

Magenta tongue: Riboflavin deficiency

Maldon teeth: Flurosis

Mask like face: Systemic sclerosis, Periodic paralysis, Parkinsonism, Facial palsy.

Millian sign: Erysipelas

Mitten hands: Apert’s syndrome

Moeller’s glossitis: Pernicious anemia

Mongloid appearance: Down’s syndrome, Thalassemia

Moon facies: Cushing syndrome

Moth eaten alopecia: Secondary syphilis, Tinea capitis infection.

Mulberry molars: Syphilis

Mulberry like ulcerations: Paracoccidiodiomycosis

Myopathic facies: Dystrophic myotonia

Nail fold telangiectasia: Scleroderma, Systemic lupus erythematosus

Nikolsky’s sign: Epidermolysis bullosa, pemphigus, Severe Steven –Johnson syndrome, Prophyria, Toxi Epidermolysis Necrosis, Staphylococci Scalded skin syndrome

Oil drop sign: Psoriasis

Ollendorf sign: Secondary syphilis.

Onycholysis: Psoroasis

Papyraceous scarring: Ehler-Dahlos syndrome

Parrot’s beak nose: Crouzon syndrome

Pastia’s lines: Scarlet fever

Percussion contraction: Congenital myotonia

Petrified man: Myositis  ossificans progressiva

Pink teeth: Internal resorption, Leprosy

Pterygium of nails: Lichen planus

Raspberry tongue: Scarlet fever

Red strawberry tongue: Scarlet fever

Rodent facies: Thalassemia

Shagreen patch: Tuberous sclerosis

Shepard's crook sign: Fibrous dysplasia

Simian stance: Paget’s disease

Skin with sand paper texture: Scarlet fever

Snail track ulcers: Syphilis

Socks feet: Apert’s syndrome

Steinberg’s sign: Marfan syndrome

Strawberry gingivitis: Wegner's granulomatosis

Submerged teeth: Ankylosed teeth

Sulphur like granules in pus: Actinomycosis, Botryomycosis

Sun burn with goose pimples appearance: Scarlet fever

Swan neck: Dystrophic myotonia

Tapir lips: Mild restricted muscular dystrophy

Target lesion: Steven-Johnson syndrome

White strawberry tongue: Scarlet fever

Woronhoff's ring: Halo around any skin lesion

Wrist sign: Marfan syndrome